Among the projects DVV took up at Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies during his productive phase, the Medieval Epigraphy was undoubtedly a major one consisting of a manuscript-file of more than 1,500 inscriptions in Sanskrit, or Sanskrit mixed with old Newar}, inscribed mostly on stone in different Nepalese scripts, dated between NS 107-880.

This discussion carries forward into the second chapter, "Beginning a New Conversation," which moves from these polemical issues into how developments in the academic study of religion and in archaeology, papyrology, and epigraphy have reenergized the study of Greco-Roman religion, early Christianity, and early Judaism.

Epigraphy and the Greek Historian is an anthology of essays examining how epigraphy, the study of inscriptions found on ancient artifacts such as stones, coins, and statues in order to extrapolate and corroborate historical data, has served scholars in the reconstruction of Greek history.

The frankincense on board the 'Suhar' boat and characters on the epigraphy of QuanZhou Mosque of 1,000 years also reflect the strong ties that have been developed and cemented between the two Asian countries.

The professionalization of the disciplines of numismatics, epigraphy, paleography, and diplomatics made the ars historica look inadequately scientific, even as the revival of narrative political history written by experienced statesmen made it look academic and irrelevant.

Because of Kerr's invention, scholars steeped in epigraphy, iconography, linguistics, lexicography, and a host of other specialized disciplines have been able to decipher much of the hieroglyphic writing left by the Maya on buildings, stelae, and the surface of clay vessels.

He proves these allegations by establishing their textual-semantic content in their use in Near Eastern and Egyptian epigraphy, associating them with several important intratextual functions in the Hebrew Bible.

Petrucci's broad interests range from Latin epigraphy to the age of printing; he sets out a coherent theory of the development of what he calls "written culture" as a selfcontained, inherently conservative category of thought.

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